Harvey engine factory
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Topic: Harvey engine factory
Posted By: Russ-neia
Subject: Harvey engine factory
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 4:58pm
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Does anyone have information about what happened to the former Harvey engine works? How about a street address for some of the buildings and see if it shows up on Google maps? I'm going to Chicago this weekend to visit a friend. Thought it might be interesting to drive to Harvey and look around, but not sure if that is a good idea as he says Harvey is pretty deep in poverty. ------------- The innovators offer what others will imitate. |
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Posted By: Brian Ahart
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 7:52pm
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15443 Commercial Avenue, Harvey, IL I assembled a panorama photo several years ago when I was researching this. Here is a scaled down version:  ------------- A-C Weight ID reference and other goodies at http://www.brianahart.net" rel="nofollow - brianahart.net |
Posted By: SIMPLICITY
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 8:25pm
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HELLO DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE MOLDS USED TO CAST THE BLOCKS,CRANKS & HEADS? |
Posted By: ACD19farmboy
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 10:46pm
| What is it now?? |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 6:04pm
| The Harvy Engine Works machines and engine prints, equipment, etc. was supposedly sold to a company in Colorado ; they kept producing the engines under a different name , not ALLIS , but I believe they went bankrupt and dont know after that , I think Jerry from KS. provided that information on here once |
Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2010 at 11:29am
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Yes, what is on the proerty now and can Jerry provide the info on the engines again?? ------------- Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity" 1968 D15D,1962 D19D Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2010 at 12:06pm
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Isn't Harvey kinda on the south side? If it's where I think it is, that's not a good place to be in the daytime, let alone after dark. GM's training center is in Hinsdale and after class once I thought I'd go to the museum of science and history. It didn't register that I took a path straight through the ghetto. If you don't lay rubber the instant traffic lights turn green, they honk at you. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: Bee
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2010 at 12:14pm
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Paste the address in the Google Maps window, then hit the Satellite view. Not much left but concrete...
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Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 11:42am
| I worked there 1965-1976 as a engine tester and night shift supervisor. Is the buildings still there? |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 11:46am
| Glad your here Ernie, bet that was a fun job testing engines! |
Posted By: angusguernsey
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 1:41pm
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A number of years ago, I was sent to the Harvey works on my first trip as a truck driver. At that time, it was a tube and conduit manufacturer. "Allis-Chalmers" was still written on the water tower. I had wondered why the perimeter fence was actually concrete bunker silo type panels. I later found out that it was because stray bullets were enough of a problem, they needed to bullet-proof it. All I could think of was the old Jim Croce song about bad LeRoy Brown. He was from the south-side of Chicago. I got my load of conduit, and it was after dark by the time I left. I knew that this country boy didn't belong there. I spent that night in Rockford. ------------- D-17 series 1, AGCO mower. Grew up on a long line of A-C, but can't claim as my own. |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 4:23pm
| Yes it was a fun job. I have many stories of engine mishaps during my 10 years. I have pictures to post. |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 4:32pm
| Brian, how did you get this photo on here? Also it is not the photo of the old factory. Thanks, |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 8:48pm
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Doug,I have current photo's of the Allis Chalmers factory in Harvey Il' I just don't know how to post the photo's on here. The buildings are still there. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 9:02pm
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Date Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 9:06pm
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Date Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 9:06pm
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 9:34pm
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It's on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyj6OVisqV8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyj6OVisqV8 ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: AndyinWI
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 9:42pm
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The Harvey engine factory now belongs to Sterling Lumber and is used as a timber may factory. My brother got to tour it last spring. They supply all of the access mats for our oil pipeline projects. The only thing left that resembled Allis Chalmers at that time was the water tower. It still said Allis Chalmers on it, and I have a picture somewhere of him standing in front of it. They told him they had plans of getting the water tower painted over the summer. Maybe he will chime in with a little more info. Andy |
Posted By: roosky01
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 1:15pm
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It is indeed now owned by the Sterling Lumber Company and the produce all sorts of industrial wood products. Mostly, the timber swamp mats that are used on pipeline or power line projects that you might see. I did in fact tour the plant this summer and rode through the entire place on a monster golf cart. It was raining that day and the roof leaked bad all over the place! There was absolutely no remains of anything Allis other that a couple of air compressors. I explained some of the history of the plant to the Sterling family while I sat down with them for lunch and they had heard, but were really unaware of the level of history this plant had carried. I told them that if they found anything Allis that they needed to call me! On a side note, the Sterling family told me that the plant in fact is in both the Harvey and Phoenix city limits and when the were in negotiations to purchase that Harvey was giving them a bit of trouble. After the sale was completed they changed the address of the plant from Harvey to Phoenix since the Phoenix officials were great to deal with. I do have the pic standing in front of the water tower somewhere. Maybe I should contact them and see if we could do "group buy" on the water tower? ------------- Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 2:01pm
 This is me testing a 2900 series diesel which had a high rpm of 2200. This would have been 1976 ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 2:06pm
 Me setting the injection pump before running the beam load power curve. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 2:10pm
 Me running the power curve. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: aras
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 2:11pm
| Thanks for sharing the pictures! AWESOME |
Posted By: 8050/8030/185
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 5:38pm
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What happened to the large Batavia, IL warehouse? I remember the closing of the Bondurant, IA regional parts warehouse and everything being sent to Batavia and suppose to be better and faster for parts. My dealer was in Bondurant and driving 1/2 mile was much better than waiting for Batavia to ship it 350 miles. So much of AC history was destroyed by Deutz in their short time of ownership. IH had a lot of the same fate when Tenneco/Case took over.
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Posted By: JPG AUSTRALIA
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 6:36pm
Thanks for the photos and info ernie,much appreciated. 
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Posted By: Brian-KS
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 6:39pm
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Thanks Ernie! Looks like some good times!
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Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 6:49pm
| I was the inspector in department 76 in 1976. You might remember my dad, around that time he was the test (dept 77) working the second shift. His nick name was "Big John". Did you mean D2800 and not D2900? Didn't see a turbo on it. All the same some great pictures and thanks for posting them. John Fiandaca |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 7:57pm
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Yes I meant D2800, I tested on all 3 diesel lines as well as the V12's. The mid sized line tested was D6000, D7000, D3400,D3500 and the 11000 size. The 3rd was for the big boys. All engine came in from the assembly line on a overhead conveyor rail and we had an overhead cable crane on all 3 test lines to take the engine of and to the test dyno stand and then after test back on the line and from there the engines went to the final assembly adding assy. parts and then through the wash booth and then the paint booth. Then shipping put them on skids for shipment. The engine assembly line was dept.75 Test dept. was 77. Our employee numbers started with the 2 digit dept. number with 3 digits after. I put my lead wire seal on to many engines to count. When test was finished and all was a go, we put the wire seals on the injection pumps. The only engine I had come back was a gleaner combine D2900 engine and it was the injection pumps fault. The pump rack flipped open full past the governor and the combine ate up a fence row until it choked the engine to a stop. The engine was completely gone through and inspected and the Simms pump went to the pump room where they found the problem. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 8:28pm
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Ernie how many engines could you test in a day? Looks like you enjoyed it. What brought you out to Washington? ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: jorstad brothers
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 8:39pm
| do you know who scratched the initals in the valve covers?? have several here will look soon i think it was RHS and the date is under them. |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 9:05pm
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Test amounts On the small line was 5 a day, the medium line was 3 and the large line was 1. We also had a gas engine dept and I believe it was 15 a day. We also had 3 repairmen in the test Dept and they would replace a pump or whatever in the test stand, if they had to go inside the engine we marked it for repair and wrote the problem on the test sheet for that engine. After Allis Chalmers I became a service manager for I.H.C. and then had a few jobs after that. My last one was a regional Manager for a after market auto parts co. I ended up in California and was responsible for 6 states including Hawaii. I retired in 2004 and had 2 brother5s living in Washington with less people and better cost of living. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 9:09pm
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I don't know who RHS is and we could not deface the engines, Inspection would catch it. I would say it was done after the plant closed. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: jorstad brothers
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 9:14pm
| my other thought was it was the guy installing them or starting them at west allis |
Posted By: 427435
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 10:20pm
Of those 5 engines a day, how many needed more than tightening a fitting?? ------------- Mark B10 Allis, 917 Allis, 7116 Simplicity, 7790 Simplicity Diesel, GTH-L Simplicity Ignorance is curable-----stupidity is not. |
Ernie Gerald wrote:Posted By: tornado8070
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 10:47pm
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Thanks for sharing these great pieces of AC history.
------------- 09’ DT205B, 08’ DT220A, 83' 8070 MFWD, 83’ 8070 85’ 8050 MFWD, 83' 8030, 82' 8010, 85’ 6080 MFWD, 84’ 6080, 79' 7020, 85' M3 RWD, 85' 920 diesel,AC C-50 forklift. |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 4:57am
| Yes Ernie , thanks for the pics and info , that would've been an awesome job ! Lets hear more stories ! |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 5:34am
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Ernie, thanks for all the info and pictures. I have seen 3 of the V-12's --very impressive. I have a 3500 MK II engine with a Simms injection pump (in a 220). Did many engines have a Simms pump and did they perform better?? ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 6:21am
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Excellent info and pics! Thanks Erie for sharing!! I'll bet there's a lot of great stories over those years of employment there. ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 8:54am
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I worked in department 75 from mid 1969 till I got into inspection in 1975 for department 76. Of the many jobs I had at the engine plant I'd have to say that inspection was the best. Erine, how did you like the walk from engine test which was on the far West end of the plant over to the experimental lab which was on the far East side of the plant to test the V12's? I and three other guys where the ones who built the first 12 V12 production prototypes over in department 76. |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 4:57pm
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Mark, It depended on how well the assembly line did that day. Here are some things that were repaired in the test stand, Porous block pin hole they would drill and plug and grind off the excess, If we had a miss in the engine we would determine which injector was bad by loosening the fuel fee line, Bad vibration was usually and bad dampener, Fuel filter header leaks, its very hard to put a number on this. We washed the engine after we got it running and hot and blew it off with air and checked for water, fuel or oil leaks. We then set the high speed RPMs after that we removed the valve cover and retorqued the head and set the rocker arm gap then reassembled and rechecked for leaks. We ran the power curve at the console and wrote down the beam load settings and we used a slide rule for HP. If all was ok we then removed the engine and hung it on the overhead conveyor to go to Dept 76. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 7:37pm
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It was a long walk. However when I was night shift supervisor I had a standup electric scooter to ride. Does anyone remember Norv Rabe, Mel Deridder, Steve Moisoff, they were supervisors in the test dept until Rabe retired and Steve was killed in a car accident one night going home. Bob Gard took Steves place and I became nigtht test supervisor when Bob went on days in Dept. 75. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 7:42pm
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I only remember the D2900's and D3500's having Simms pumps, most had Rosa Master or American Bosh pumps. Freightliner used a lot of D3500's. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 7:55pm
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I do remember Big John, I believe he was an inspector in the Test Dept. As I remember he was about 5'8" or so and pretty round. Course I am over 6'1" and can't judge height of shorter people. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 8:03pm
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The 3500 MK II engine with the Simms pump that I have in my 220 was on a standby water pump in a town. It had 82 hours and come with all the manuals but the manuals called it an 'On Highway engine'. Did the engines that went to Freightliner have Simms pumps? Sure does start good !! I added an intercooler but didn't touch the pump and it dynos 190 hp with little effort. ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 8:09pm
Yep; That was my dad. He also was quite good at drawing.
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Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 8:11pm
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It must have been a thrill to test the V-12's. I've heard two of them run and the sound is awsome. ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 8:21pm
My dad knew Bob pretty good. I had two supervisors when I was in inspection. One was Bud Howell and Carl Bloom. I remember the little three wheel scooters. Jack Cave who was the general foreman in dept 75 rode one a lot. When ever he would go past the commercial paint booth one of the painters would wad up some masking tape and roll it out in front of him and he would just about fall off (he had poor eyesight just after his cataracts). I remember Norv and Steve but, mostly I remember Mel Deridder. Where you still there when his kid started working in test?
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Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2014 at 9:02pm
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Yes I was still there when his son worked there. Mel was a great person and boss. Do you remember the 7 foot tall black guy that worked there. He was a Bloom HS basketball player. I fired a black guy for coming in drunk and the tall guy helped me calm him down so the guards could usher him out. The tall guy picked him up face to face and that calmed him down instantly. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 3:18am
| Anyone have any experience with the 844 Big Al? Why couldnt AC have made the improvements right after the huge failures and been successful in this project? |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 8:26am
Don't remember the 7 footer but, do remember more than a few people over the 12 years that I worked there being let go because of that.
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Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 10:08am
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The D844 BIG AL was a powerhouse but it was to heavy and that was a problem for the gross weight which created less payload. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: 427435
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 11:32am
This was something they should never have messed with. Allis was never going to be able to beat out Cummins, Cat, or Detroit Diesel in the on-highway truck market-----------especially with their meager engineering budget. That budget (and the tooling budget) would have been better spent on improvements for the 301 and 426 engines. ------------- Mark B10 Allis, 917 Allis, 7116 Simplicity, 7790 Simplicity Diesel, GTH-L Simplicity Ignorance is curable-----stupidity is not. |
Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 8:17pm
| amen to that - I have no idea as to engineering there - take camshafts for example - the same cam was used from the first D21 3400 426 to the last 8070 - same for the first 180 2800 to the last 7020 or L3 145hp engine... surely there could have been SOME improvements as the cam is the heart of an engine. About the only change in the Ag engines was strengthening the blocks and a copper sleeve (hmmm ) 2900 head. Some parts were changed but there were no major improvements that were apparent .... There were are lot of time spent on the 433I due to the clutch on the 6080's which pushed the cranks thru the thrust brgs... that cost them millions... |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2014 at 11:32am
| Did you guys at Harvey have competitors engines in house to tear down and study or was it- we will do our own thing? |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2014 at 1:49pm
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I don't remember seeing a competitive engine anywhere at the plant. I think A/C just did their own thing. The A/C was a very tough and well designed engine for durability. You still see the old 4 cylinder gas engines still powering carnival rides from many years ago. Also A/C had a one cylinder engine with a huge flywheel for the sugar cane industry of old. They would ship the engine back to Harvey for a rear oil leak and you laid the engine up on its bell housing and removed the engine from the bell housing after removing the flywheel. These old engine just never wore out. A/C did lighten up its engine design from the old Buda engines. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2014 at 1:58pm
| Ill admit the hum of a fine tuned 301 diesel is what i luv,, those little engines can take a ton of fuel and turbo boost! Im guessing the Rossa pump was really popular and cheaper than the inline Simms,, but u see some Simms out there but alot more Rossa,s and theyre fine too |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2014 at 3:13pm
Yes, we did have competitors engines in Harvey. They were tested and examined over in the experimental lab. They were kept in wooden crates when not being used.
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Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2014 at 3:17pm
| Just wondering,, but figured so,, gotta see the internsls of compition! AC was always pretty hot tho ! |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2014 at 5:15pm
 Here's a picture of me working on one of our competitors engines in the experimental lab. This was taken in the fall of 1968.
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Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2014 at 6:33pm
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Doug, did you know Ed Paris and his Brother-in-Law John? Ed retired before they closed. Ed was my ex father-in law and he retired to San Diego California, Ed passed away at 82. They both worked for many years in the test lab. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: GM Guy
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2014 at 2:33am
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Would you guys happen to know the history of the 516, aka 11000 series? This was actually a Buda design that transitioned to Allis, correct? We find it amazing that when it came out it was NA and well under 100 HP, and in its final run, it was turboed and intercooled, and pushing 270 HP in the N7 and R7 Gleaners. We have thought about making a little "Powered by Buda" decal for the tail of our R7s. :) Great info and stories guys, much appreciated, and keep them coming! Allways cool to hear about life at Allis. ------------- Gleaner: the properly engineered and built combine. If you need parts for your Gleaner, we are parting out A's through L2's, so we may be able to help. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2014 at 7:50am
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Great stories. Thanks for sharing. Ernie, what years did the freight liners get the AC 3500 engines? |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2014 at 8:23am
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Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2014 at 9:28am
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We started testing them in the early 70's and tested many of them. They must have been used in the medium duty trucks. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: MNfarmerAC
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2014 at 10:59am
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Ernie, did you ever work in the engine test labs in West Allis? My great uncle, Arnie Carlson, worked there and got to go to the Nebraska test track a few times. ------------- Brandon 1974 185 1977 185 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2014 at 2:38pm
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Never went to West Allis, I did work in Springfield Illinois for a couple weeks doing engine updates. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: carl
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2014 at 6:00pm
| Another Amen to the earlier posts about A-C decision to dabble in the "Big Al" project. From my perspective, the company had some excellent engineering and innovation, but spread itself too thin, so it never got into a dominant position in most of their fields. They were leaders in small combines, and the WD, WD-45 were ahead of most in their time. Why try to compete with the established dominant companies in trucking engines, stick to ag and construction, and improvements there. But that's easy to say in hindsight I know. I suspect they felt they had to increase the volume in the Harvey plant to make it competitive, but..... |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 2:49pm
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Jack, did you know Ed Paris and his Brother-in-Law John? Ed retired before they closed. Ed was my ex father-in law and he retired to San Diego California, Ed passed away at 82. They both worked for many years in the test lab. I on occasion as needed would work the 2nd shift on the V12's being tested. Most times all I had to do was record the readings and just be bored when I read all I had. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 2:57pm
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I hated testing the 844's that were built for power generators. They had oiled woodward governors and that was very difficult to set and you occasionally had a runaway. That made you want to run away. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 3:33pm
Ed Paris sounds familiar but John doesn't. What side did they work? The test lab was basically 2 sides. One was engine building and testing and the other was the experimental machine shop. In the machine shop they had one of the early CNC machines which was used to machine the experimental V sires blocks. Did ED run that? if so I knew him cause I was very interested in the new machine technologies that were coming and talked with who ever it was about using/ running it.
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Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 3:52pm
Runaway's; kind of like starting up a 2900 or 3500 with the Simms pump. One hand on the start button and the other on the fuel lines disconnect?
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Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 6:27pm
| Allis did waste alot of dollars on the 844 ,Big Al then you gotta wonder why they went broke over such bad decicions,, especially when Fiat was looking at AC construction years before |
Posted By: Lynn Marshall
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 7:48pm
| Ernie, are you still sporting the pork chop sideburns??? They're 'BOSS'!! Did you test every engine that came down the line, or just a random sample? |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2014 at 10:13am
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Every engine built was tested. I finally shaved off the porkchops in the mid 80's, that was my Elvis look. Those were the days my friend! ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2014 at 10:17am
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Ed worked in experimental lab for many years and mostly performed experimental engine tests. However, I'm sure he did most everything they wanted. John also worked many years in the test lab and I'm sure you had seen him and don't remember. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2014 at 12:24pm
I must have known them but , your right it's been quite a few years ago. Speaking of remembering; did you recognized the aisle in my photo?
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Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2014 at 1:40pm
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Yes, walked through there several times. I had the enclosed V-12 test cell on the northeast side by the north door. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: Ernie Gerald
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2014 at 1:51pm
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We always had a hardcover book handy to put over the intake, it took a while for the filters to run dry therefore instant stop. I once saw a 844 running full bore and the huge Water dyno seized up and the engine bent the dyno shaft as it pulled the stand up out of the concrete floor and the engine turned on its side. I once had a D11000 throw a rod through the side of the block taking out a piece of the camshaft and took out the big beam load indicator and damaged the console, The rod went right by my left ear and hit the console. a worker on the assembly line missed torqueing that rod. ------------- Engine Tester 77136 |
Posted By: brucecr
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 3:39pm
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ernie how are you ?? I remember ed paris.
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Posted By: brucecr
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 3:47pm
| how old were you then ???? |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 4:07pm
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Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 4:35pm
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Posted By: joe
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 6:00pm
| AGCO's main warehouse is still in Batavia. I assume it's just been updated through the years. It's good to see a little bit of Allis here and there. It's all we've got I guess. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 6:38pm
I'm afraid Ernies last visit was December of 2014. ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: The Consultator
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 6:52pm
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Thank you guys for all the pictures and information. It's sad to see the building go. It's sad when times change and such an industry powerhouse be reduced to almost nothing. Thank you to everyone who keeps the A-C family alive! ------------- 1939 Allis-Chalmers "B" restored in 2010- very good condition. |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 10:40pm
| Yea seems like he joined about same time as thread started an last visited at end of thread. Really cool info. Gana have to go back and read it all |
Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 9:23pm
| Harvey is on the southeast edge of Chicago. Just north of I-80. Halstead is a main north / south street. High crime, high poverty area. Please be very careful if you go there. |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 9:21pm
------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: Jasonc
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2020 at 12:49am
| does anyone remember Harvey Ladewig? He retired from Harvey AC in about 79-80 I think. He was my grandfather. |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2020 at 9:20am
| I might have known him but, I'm pretty bad at remembering names. Do you know what department he worked in and what did he do? |